skippyhawk

Came home, had White Castles, taking a nap.  Life is good again.   Must wake up at 9 p.m.  to give myself a shot because Sue is too drunk to do it.  She is celebrating my return!

Well the boy didn’t make it home tonight but it looks good for tomorrow. The foot is not staying as pink as it should be so the doctors want to monitor him another day. They did say that when they do release him, he won’t have any restrictions. I thinking he will be back to work next week.

Kelly, Ryan and I are going to move his computer to the living room so he doesn’t have to go down to the cave. That may save some wear and tear on the legs. He has lots of blog messages to check out when he gets home. I’m sure he will enjoy all of the comments, maybe not so much my posts, but that’s what he gets when he leaves me in charge.

Hopefully the next entry will be from Bob.

Sue

I never thought I would be happy to say that Bob has pink toes.

If toes are pink and warm then the blood is flowing. Flowing is good, stopping is bad! In fact, the blood thinners are working so well that tonight they had to stop pumping them into Bob for awhile because his blood was getting too thin! If its not one thing its another.

(Mary Ann (Cutelli) and Bonnie can back me up on this.) This afternoon the doctor said that if all goes well and this particular blood thinner works then he could move on to the a step-down one that is given by injection twice a day.

“And as soon as Sue learns how to give the shots, Bob could go home!!!”

If we have to wait for me to learn how to give shots, Bob won’t be seeing his big screen for a long time. The good news is that Bob has on 2 previous occasions, given himself shots so he can step in and do it and I don’t have to be involved.

We are not out of the woods yet, but there is a 50/50 chance that Bob will be coming home tomorrow evening (Wednesday). This would be very good.

Now a note about ol’ chemo sabe. . . . right now chemo sabe is staying off. If Bob hadn’t had this blood clot thing he would have gotten chemo sabe back today for the second round. Per the oncologist, chemo therapy is being put on the back burner for the time being.

Thanks for all the prayers, thoughts, comments, cookies/candies etc. and visits. Both Bob and I really appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness.

Sue

The only thing I know about roller coasters is “Up is good, Down is bad”.

As a collective group, you are very powerful. All the prayers and good thoughts you are sending must be working.

Bob did NOT have surgery today. His toes are pink enough and not quite as cold as Saturday so the doctors feel that some blood is getting through. He has moved out of ICU and into room 8704 at St. Lukes. He still can’t get out of bed and move around, because the clots are still there, so Bobby is not a happy camper. He did finally get solid food at lunch, but it was some mystery meat and some veggie soup, not his regular diet of Oreos and Chips Ahoy. Three days of a liquid diet makes him very cranky. He must be feeling better because all he wants now is to go home. Kelly and I tried to explain that it would be extremely rare for someone to go from ICU to the car and home!

We don’t know what the next course of action but I’m sure we will find out more very soon.

Again, thanks for all the prayers and positive thoughts and comments.

Sue

kelly here.

the last 24 have been full of ups and downs. yesterday they discovered that dad had some clots in the veins of one leg (not good, but not critical), and in the arteries of the other. clots in arteries are more of a problem because that means that parts of his body aren’t getting the nutrients they need to stay healthy. the doctors have decided to focus on the very large arterial clot blocking most of his leg at the hip. they put him on blood thinners to help his body deal with the rest of the clots (and prevent more from forming) in the mean time. mom apparently had some serious bouts of deja-vu yesterday as she talked to the doctors about the possibility that dad might lose some toes or his foot….yes, that foot.

it was decided to treat the main clot with drugs via a catheter at the source of the clot to limit the amount of drug spreading to the rest of his body. the choice was obvious, but a bit risky because the drug could cause the tumors to bleed out as well. they put him on a lower dose of the drug, and checked it later in the evening to make sure it was working and not causing problems. they put him in the ICU so they could keep a close eye on him.

last night, things were looking up. the big clot was dissolving, and some of the other clots were fading as well. they decided to keep it going through the night and check again this morning. there was talk of moving him out of ICU today, and possibly a trip home later in the week.

this morning, things were less good. the clot hadn’t changed since the test the night before, so they decided to stop the drugs. tomorrow (monday) he’s going to have surgery to remove the big clot. this surgery has some serious risks, which are complicated by the cancer. also, while this will fix the immediate problem, the cancer is causing the clotting, so there will still be issues. It is possible he will be able to go home eventually, providing the surgery is successful, the blood thinners do their thing, and his body cleans up the rest of the clots. but it is also possible that he might not. (wow that was hard to type)

i wish i had better news for all of you. i can’t tell you how much your support has meant to both my parents in the past few months. they are enjoying your comments on this blog as much as you are. please keep them in your thoughts and prayers and we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

much love,
kelly